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| ____________in the North increased during the War of 1812 because of a rise in demand of goods that used to be imported, but now were being manufactured locally. | Industrialization |
| The_______________was an era when factories and machines were used for mass production for the first time in the U.S. | Industrial Revolution |
| A person who leaves his or her country to live elsewhere is called _____________ | an emmigrant |
| A person who settles in a new country is called, _______________. | an immigrant |
| In 1845, a disease attacked Ireland's main food crop, the potato, causing a severe food shortage called a________________ which led to mass immigration to the United States. | famine |
| Someone who trades the cost of passage to America for services they would give for the next four to seven years is an____________________. | indentured servant |
| ______________ is when farmers only produce enough food to feed his own family. | Subsistence farming |
| ____________ a former slave, spoke out for both abolition and women's rights. | Sojourner Truth |
| ________________risked her life leading slaves to freedom on the Underground Railroad | Harriet Tubman |
| ______________ were women in British and American history who fought for women's right to vote. | Suffragettes |
| The increase in cotton production made possible by_______________'s invention of the cotton gin also led to an increase in demand for slaves to work in the cotton fields. | Eli Whitney |
| In the 1800s the growing of cotton became widespread throughout the South, creating an______________economy. | agrarian |
| Enslaved people expressed their religious beliefs through music known as__________________. | spirtuals |
| President Jackson proposed to have the Indians moved west of the Mississippi River by passing the _______________ | Indian Removal Act |
| Jackson's practice of giving government jobs to his political supporters was known as the_______________. | spoils system |
| Over one-fourth of the Cherokee Nation died when forced to move from Georgia to Indian territory. This has been called the____________________. | Trail of Tears |
| President Polk wanted the United States to control land from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. This policy was known as __________________________. | Manifest Destiny |
| ________________ explored the Great Plains and Rocky Mountains in search of the Northwest Passage. | Lewis & Clark |
| ______________ aided Lewis & Clark's expedition by interpreting for them and finding plants that could be used for medicine and food. | Sacajawea |
| Historical documents and________________, such as personal writings, helped to preverve the South's history. | primary sources |
| Mexican troop defeated the Americans and Texans when the Americans and Texans defended the ______________at San Antonio, Texas. | Alamo |
| The Texans won their independence from Mexico at the battle of_______________________. | San Jacinto |
| California revolted against Mexico and won their independence in the _______________ | Bear Flag Revolt |
| The ____________, ended the Mexican-American War and established the Rio Grande River as the border between Mexico and Texas. | Treaty of Guadalupe |
| The voting system used to elect the President of the United States is the_______________ | electoral college |
| The____________to the Constitution tells why it was written. | Preamble |
| ______________was considered the "Father of the Constitution". | James Madison |
| Americans did not want Texas to become a state if it was going to allow_______________. | slavery |
| _____________in the North became important in the pre-Civil War economy because the shorter growing season limited the crops farmers could produce. | Manufacturing |
| ____________states shared a firm opposition to slavery. | Union |
| Under the ___________Southern states said they would nullify ( cancel) laws they didn't like and they also threatened to secede (leave) the Union | Doctrine of Nullification |
| When Abraham Lincoln wrote his ______________ he included the idea that all men are equal from the Declaration of Independence. | Gettysburg Address |
| When Abraham Lincoln said, "With malice towards none, with charity for all....Let us bind up the nation's wounds," he asked the nation to forgive____________ | the South |
| The___________issued by Lincoln, freed all slaves in "rebel" states; it also allowed blacks to enlist in the military. | Emancipation Proclamation |
| ______________assassinated President Lincoln at Ford's Theatre five days after the war ended. | John Wilkes Booth |
| During the Civil War,____________had more resources ( industry, transportation, manpower) to support its soliders. | The North |
| The first battle of the Civil War was fought at _____________________. | Bull Run |
| ________________was the bloodiest three day battle fought on American soil. Lincoln later dedicated this battlegroud to the dead soliders in the "Gettysburg Address". | Battle of Gettysburg |
| The________________led to Union control of the Mississippi River, cutting off trade to the South. | Battle of Vicksburg |
| At the end of the Civil War, General Lee surrendered to General Grant at _____________________. | Appomattox |
| The__________helped the South by allocating (providing) federal funds to rebuild. | Compromise of 1877 |
| The violence and intimidation of the____________________was one push factor driving African Americans away from the South after the Civil War. | Ku Klux Klan |
| The real purpose of poll taxes and reading tests for voters during Reconstruction was to make it harder for______________to vote. | African Americans |
| The Supreme Court decision in Plessy vs Ferguson (1896) supported the_________________ | Jim Crow Laws |
| The Thirteenth Amendment made________________unconstitutional in the United States. | slavery |
| The 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments were passed during the___________________period | Reconstruction |
| The government supported the completion of the___________________because it would increase settlement and economic development of the West. | Transcontinental railroad |
| Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, and Leland Stanford can all be described as______________________________, business men. | entrepreneurs |
| John D. Rockefeller formed a ______________, The Standard Oil Trust, in order to control the oil industry. | monopoly |
| _________________thought it was important to preserve public land because he saw growth of cities as a threat to the environment. | Theodore Roosevelt |
